Blade

Sword. — The blade is straight, tapers gradually, is 32 9/16 inches long from shoulder to point, and is fullered on both sides, commencing 2 inches from the shoulder, to about 17 inches from the point, to a thickness of ·035 inch.

Paul: Give the Harkonnen a blade and let him stand forth. Shaddam IV: If Feyd wishes, he can meet you with my blade in his hand.

Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.

He saw a Turnkey in a trice / Unfetter a troublesome blade;

But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.

Vice does not thrive here, because the young blades seek it elsewhere.

Young blades were expected to kick over the traces and skirt disaster, before they graduated to matrimonial housekeeping.

He wasn’t loud, but his voice had lots of blade.

Want to go blading with me later in the park?

As sweet a plant, as fair a flower, is faded / As ever in the Muses' garden bladed.

The gang member got bladed in a fight.

Nowadays, blading happens on occasion in a televised match and more often on pay-per-view but the practice isn't used as much for several reasons, among them an increased awareness of the transmission of AIDS has made blading more dangerous.